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was a
*1/4/1889 (establishment of municipalities & Great Meiji mergers) - The "Town and Village Code" (町村制, ''chō-son-sei''), the new law establishing
was a district
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located in Shiga Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,412,916 (1 October 2015) and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to the nort ...
, Japan
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.
As of 2003, the district has an estimated population
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of 21,964 and a density
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of 306.20 persons per km2. The total area is 71.73 km2.
History
*1868 (Boshin War
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/Meiji Restoration
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) – The shogunate territories in the district become part of Ōtsu Prefecture ''(Ōtsu-ken)''
*1871 (Abolition of the han system
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) – All feudal domains ''(-han)'', including those containing territories in the district, become prefectures ''(-ken)''.
*1871/72 – In the first wave of prefectural mergers, the entire district becomes part of Ōtsu Prefecture which is then renamed to Shiga after the district
*1878/79 – The ancient districts of provinces are reactivated as modern administrative units as districts of prefectures: the district government of Shiga is established in Ōtsu-Hashimoto-chō (?, 大津橋本町)
*1/4/1889 (establishment of municipalities & Great Meiji mergers) - The "Town and Village Code" (町村制, ''chō-son-sei''), the new law establishing towns
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and villages
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as modern political units, was implemented. As a result, the town of Ōtsu and the villages of Shiga (滋賀村, ''Shiga-mura'', "Shiga Village"), Zeze, Ishiyama, Sakamoto, Shimosakamoto, Ogoto, Katata, Ōgi, Mano, Ikadachi, Katsuragawa, Wani, Kido and Komatsu were formed.
*1/4/1898 - The "District Code" (郡制, ''gun-sei''), the revised law governing districts, was implemented, establishing indirectly elected district assemblies ''(gun-kai)'' and collective executive councils ''(gun-sanjikai)''.
*1/10/1898 - Ōtsu Town (大津町, ''Ōtsu-chō'') became city
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: district-independent] Ōtsu City (大津市, ''Ōtsu-shi'').
*20/7/1901 -
**The village of Zeze became the town of Zeze.
**The village of Katata became the town of Katata.
*1/4/1923 - The district assembly was abolished. The district office remains.
*1/7/1926 - The district government was abolished, reducing the district (again) to a geographical division.
*1/1/1930 - The village of Ishiyama became the town of Ishiyama.
*10/5/1932 - The village of Shiga merged into the city of Ōtsu.
*1/4/1951 - The towns of Zeze and Ishiyama merged with the city of Ōtsu into the new city of Ōtsu.
*1950s (Great Shōwa mergers)
**1/4/1955 - The town of Katata and the villages of Ōgi, Mano, Ikadachi and Katsuragawa merged into the town of Katata.
**1/10/1955 - The villages of Wani, Kido and Komatsu merged into Shiga Town (志賀町, ''Shigachō'').
**30/9/1956 - Part of the town of Shiga (Kamogawa) merged into the town of Takashima from Takashima District.
*1/4/1967 - The village of Katata merged into the city of Ōtsu.
*20/3/2006 - The town of Shiga merged into the city of Ōtsu. Shiga District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
Transition
Light blue autonomies are Shiga District's town, deep blue autonomies are Shiga District's village, and gray autonomies are others. {{Authority control Former districts of Shiga Prefecture